Which was/is the best Raspberry Pi Audio/Video Recording, OSD Motion Detect Program. It was made to run perfectly on a RPI Zero with its limited CPU and memory.
I was very sad to learn that Bill passed away in Oct 2021. <https://github.com/billw2/pikrellcam/issues/78#issuecomment-...>
I'm glad gkrellm got a new maintainer and continues to exist.
FWIW, it is still bundled with Slackware.
I might have to spin it up for fun.
For all the nix fols, "nix run nixpkgs#gkrellm" works =P
And just today, now that I actually write code for a living and use Linux on my work machine, I found myself really wanting a good display to tell me when my memory usage was growing.[0] I was using the gnome activity monitor but it takes up way too much screen space and was always behind the window I was using. It looks like this could actually be useful for me to run now!
[0] I was running a local kubernetes cluster with an opentracing implementation, where I hadn’t quite worked out the configs for memory usage yet, and it kept spiking and OOMing when I wasn’t looking. It’s fun when your mouse cursor just stops moving and you’re wondering whether you need to hold down the power button or what…
https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm
This lets it act as a sort of toolbar, present on all workspaces.
in .spectrwmrc add
#shrink the region by 112 to allow space for the widget
region = screen[1]:2448x1440+0+0
#add quirk to remove from normal workspaces
quirk[Gkrellm] = WS[-1]
gkrellm -geometry -0+0
autorun = ws[-1]:gkrellm -geometry -0+0[0] https://awesomewm.org/doc/api/classes/screen.html#screen.wor...
It was one of my first open source contributions, and it was then that I understood the value of open source - being able to read the code, debug and then fix it yourself (and for others).
Patches are welcome! https://git.srcbox.net/gkrellm/gkrellm/issues/1
There's nothing to integrate, it just runs and sits there doing its job.
Never in a way that doesn't noticeably chew additional CPU though, and definitely not for both use cases. It upsets me each time I reply "no, not happening without patches". Perhaps it is time to release an Electron version or one that just burns a whole CPU core so it isn't lost forever ;)
¹ It used to just be people with crazy setups, now it is basically any screen given their higher DPI.
² As it is right now I don't even have a system that I can use last release on.
ah, nostalgia for that feeling working on systems that looked like that.
cadamsdotcom•8mo ago
Had a look for the etymology of “Krell” - in the readme it mentions “GKrellM - keeping an eye on your computer’s Id”.
Seems to be a reference to this 1956 movie, Forbidden Planet / Monsters from the Id: http://guidetomonsters.com/html/50s/Id%20Monster.html
Can I get a fact check?
silisili•8mo ago
https://archive.ph/20120710180815/http://members.dslextreme....
bicolao•8mo ago
[1] can't find a mirror anywhere. But if anyone knows the "Industrial" theme, I'd love to know.